Nach Baliye — loosely inspired by Dancing with the Stars — has been pairing real-life television celebrity couples against each other on the dance floor since 2005, making it one of Indian TV’s longest-running couple-format reality shows. Here’s the complete winners list across all nine seasons.
Quick Reference: All Winners
| Season | Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | Sachin Pilgaonkar & Supriya Pilgaonkar | Manish Goel & Poonam Narula |
| 2 | 2006 | Hussain Kuwajerwala & Tina Kuwajerwala | Yash Tonk & Gauri Tonk |
| 3 | 2007 | Aamir Ali & Sanjeeda Sheikh | — |
| 4 | 2008–09 | Shalin Bhanot & Dalljiet Kaur | — |
| 5 | 2012–13 | Jay Bhanushali & Mahhi Vij | — |
| 6 | 2013–14 | Rithvik Dhanjani & Asha Negi | — |
| 7 | 2015 | Himmanshu Malhotra & Amruta Khanvilkar | — |
| 8 | 2017 | Vivek Dahiya & Divyanka Tripathi | Abigail Pande & Sanam Johar |
| 9 | 2019 | Prince Narula & Yuvika Chaudhary | Anita Hassanandani & Rohit Reddy |
Season 1 (2005): Sachin & Supriya Pilgaonkar
The debut season ran October 17 to December 19, 2005, on Star One, with 10 couples (20 contestants) competing, hosted by Sangeeta Ghosh and Shabbir Ahluwalia. Judges Saroj Khan, Malaika Arora, and Farhan Akhtar crowned veteran actors Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar as the winners, with Manish Goel and Poonam Narula finishing as runners-up.
Season 2 (2006): Hussain & Tina Kuwajerwala
Season 2 ran September 25 to December 18, 2006, also on Star One. Kunal Kohli replaced Farhan Akhtar on the judging panel alongside returning judges Saroj Khan and Malaika Arora, with Ghosh and Ahluwalia continuing to host. Hussain Kuwajerwala and his wife Tina Kuwajerwala won the season, with Yash Tonk and Gauri Tonk as runners-up.
Season 3 (2007): Aamir Ali & Sanjeeda Sheikh
Season 3 ran September 21 to December 22, 2007, introducing a fresh judging panel of Vaibhavi Merchant, Isha Koppikar, and David Dhawan, with Hussain and Tina Kuwajerwala taking over hosting duties. Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh won the title.
Season 4 (2008–09): Shalin Bhanot & Dalljiet Kaur
Season 4 ran October 17, 2008, to February 1, 2009, expanding to 12 couples and introducing judges Farah Khan, Karisma Kapoor, and Arjun Rampal for a 15-week run. Shalin Bhanot and Dalljiet Kaur won the season.
Season 5 (2012–13): Jay Bhanushali & Mahhi Vij
After a multi-year gap, Season 5 returned December 29, 2012, to March 23, 2013, produced by Wizcraft International with 11 couples, hosted by Gautam Rode and Karan Wahi. The judging trio of Shilpa Shetty, Sajid Khan, and Terence Lewis — a lineup that would remain for two consecutive seasons — crowned Jay Bhanushali and Mahhi Vij as winners. The season’s grand premiere reportedly pulled a strong 4.1 TRP.
Season 6 (2013–14): Rithvik Dhanjani & Asha Negi
Season 6 ran November 9, 2013, to February 1, 2014, over 26 episodes, with the same Shilpa Shetty–Sajid Khan–Terence Lewis judging panel and Gautam Rode–Karan Wahi hosting duo continuing from Season 5. Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi won the title.
Season 7 (2015): Himmanshu Malhotra & Amruta Khanvilkar
Season 7 ran April 26 to July 19, 2015, produced by Shobha Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, with a genuinely unusual judging panel: choreographer Marzi Pestonji, Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, and author Chetan Bhagat. Himmanshu Malhotra and Amruta Khanvilkar won the season.
Season 8 (2017): Vivek Dahiya & Divyanka Tripathi
Season 8 ran April 2 to June 25, 2017, judged by Sonakshi Sinha, Mohit Suri, and Terence Lewis, and hosted by Karan Tacker. Divyanka Tripathi and her real-life husband Vivek Dahiya won the title over runners-up Abigail Pande and Sanam Johar, with Sanaya Irani and Mohit Sehgal finishing third. At the finale, the winning couple reflected on how the show’s 13-week journey had helped them understand each other better, having had an arranged marriage.
Season 9 (2019): Prince Narula & Yuvika Chaudhary
Season 9 ran July 19 to November 3, 2019, produced by Salman Khan’s production house, with judges Raveena Tandon and Ahmed Khan. Hosting plans shifted during pre-production — Sunil Grover and Jennifer Winget were initially reported, before Season 8 winner Divyanka Tripathi was brought in to host at least the grand premiere. This season also introduced a notable format twist, reuniting real-life exes as contestant pairs alongside married couples, and switched contestant scoring to a 1-to-100 scale for the first time. Prince Narula — already a multi-time reality show winner (Roadies, Splitsvilla, Bigg Boss 9) — and his wife Yuvika Chaudhary won the title, with Anita Hassanandani and Rohit Reddy finishing as runners-up. The winning couple’s names were controversially leaked on social media by family members who attended the finale taping, ahead of the official broadcast.
Final Thoughts
Across nine seasons and roughly a decade and a half, Nach Baliye built a genuinely loyal following by leaning into what set it apart from other dance reality shows: real relationships under real competitive pressure, whether that meant married couples like Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya deepening their bond, or Season 9’s more unconventional pairing of reunited exes. A widely reported tenth season was announced with Karan Johar attached as producer but was pushed back repeatedly due to the COVID-19 pandemic — whether and how it eventually materialized isn’t something I can confirm with the sources currently available.